Audêncio Victor, Italo Wesley Oliveira Aguiar, Renzo Flores-Ortiz, Manuel Mahoche, Ana Raquel Manuel Gotine, Ila Falcão, Melsequisete Daniel Vasco, Andrêa Ferreira, Sancho Pedro Xavier, Mark Omenka, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Patrícia H Rondo
INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight (LBW) is a global issue prevalent in low-income countries. Economic assessments of interventions to reduce this burden are crucial to guide health policies. However, there is a relative scarcity of research that illustrates the magnitude of LBW by country and region to support the design of public policies. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the temporal trend of fetal growth in newborns in Brazil between 2010 and 2020. METHODS: A time series study was conducted using data from the Live Births Information System (SINASC), which is managed by the Department of Information and Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health...
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